Pakistan’s Nida Sheikh featured among Fuller Project’s global water defenders
For many women in rural Pakistan, getting water is not as simple as turning on the tap. It can mean spending hours of the day collecting and carrying it home, a daily reality that Pakistani social entrepreneur Nida Yousaf Sheikh observed. That experience became the starting point of her work with Tayaba, the organisation that addresses water scarcity and inadequate water infrastructure, where…
Pakistan's Nida Yousaf Sheikh has been recognized by the Fuller Project as one of 17 women and gender-diverse water defenders working to address the global water crisis. A social entrepreneur and CEO of Tayaba, an organization tackling water scarcity and infrastructure, Sheikh's efforts gained international attention for making access to water safer and less physically demanding for women and children.
For Sheikh, witnessing the daily struggle of rural women to access clean water personally resonated with her. "Engaging with rural women, I saw their daily battle to access clean water and was heartbroken to see them reduced to the role of 'water labourers', with their dignity and well-being disregarded," she said, highlighting the need for practical and affordable solutions.
The Fuller Project, focusing on the growing water crisis and those fighting on the ground to protect water resources, chipped into Sheikh's work. They feature Sheikh alongside other female water defenders, shining a spotlight on the challenges faced by women in Pakistan and the rest of the world. Pakistan, already grappling with water stress, faces the dual challenge of inadequate water infrastructure and the disproportionate burden of water collection on women and girls.
International recognition for Sheikh includes winning One Young World's global LEAD 2030 Challenge Award for clean water and sanitation and being named one of UN Women's 30 for 2030 regional climate innovators. Her profile on the Fuller Project notes her work leading to the development of the H2O Wheel, a rolling container for water transportation, and other projects like H2O Solar water facilities, H2O Air devices, and H2O Chain, a blockchain-powered platform for tracking humanitarian aid.
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